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Old Navy has their solid flip flops for only a dollar!! My daughter is in love with flip flops right now, so I will be making a trip to get a few more for the summer.
If you have old flip flops and don’t know what to do with them, check out Terracycle’s Flip Flop Brigade. Trade them in for money for your charity or school!
I love how Terracycle turns trash into new products – don’t you?
We are big into reusable water bottles. We have several in our cabinets, but we all have our favorites.
I like the idea of the metal water bottles, but am not able to use them myself. I don’t like the taste of the metal. I really like the glass water bottles the best, but my last one dropped and that was the last of that!
Soooo I use mostly PBA Free plastic bottles. They take a lot of abuse and work wonderful!
I was able to try the Neglene Water Bottle. I picked a large, wide mouth Naglene bottle in pink. There are many varieties of the Naglene bottles to choose from.
My only complaint with the bottle I received was that it did not fit into my car cup holder. 🙁
All Naglene bottles are BPA and phthalate free. Plus you get replacement parts.
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Do you use a reusable water bottle? What is your favorite?
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
By Andrew Kardon
Wrapping paper? Seriously? I get the chance to guest post on Anne’s incredibly awesome blog and I choose to write about wrapping paper. It’s probably half a step more interesting than watching paint dry. But trust me, this’ll be short, sweet, save you some money and help the environment all at once. You can’t argue with that, can you?
What do you use instead of wrapping paper?
BIO: Andrew Kardon writes about saving money and being frugal over on JoeShopping.com. He’s also a proud Daddy Blogger who loves going on and on about superheroes, Legos, sushi, and his two awesome boys at Mommy‘sBusy… GoAskDaddy.
Since I’ve been staying home with Savannah these last few months, I’ve been looking for different crafts to do. I have so many scraps, but don’t know what to do with them!
I found this really cool website, GreenKidCrafts.com that puts together small craft kits that are easy and fun! All the crafts are Earth Friendly. Yeah!
At GreenKidCrafts.com they use recycled supplies whenever possible. Most of the materials can then be recycled. Foam and plastic materials are not used and packaging is minimal. I’vvve seen some crafts at the stores and the packaging is horrible! Shipping materials are also recycled. They also offset 100% of the carbon dioxide generated by their business and help to fund the development of renewable energy projects across the United States. I Love Green Companies!!
So how does it work?
Green Kids Crafts is a monthly craft subscription. They send out 3 craft kits a month and gear it toward the childs age. All materials are included, except scissors and glue. Some adult supervision and help may be needed. Examples of material s that may be include are recycled paper, recycled felt and recycled ribbon. Others are natural materials like canvas, noodles, stones, wool yarn, shells, cotton fabrics and wood. Sometimes salvaged buttons are included to! The subscriptions are $19.95 and again you get at least 3 crafts a month.
These are great for grandparents or relatives for gift suggestions. I know Savannah would love getting these in the mail.
So…..The crafts come like this. Three small packages.
We decided to do the Easter Egg Craft to decorate for Easter. These were very simple. Egg shaped card stock and scraps of yarns and ribbon, as well as little felt shapes.
Next up was the paper necklaces. Another simple craft, however, Savannah had a hard time wrapping the paper around the pencil. So I did those. But she was able to cut the paper and bead the necklace and bracelet.
We are still waiting to do craft number three, but it’s a greeting card craft. I should have done it for Mother’s Day. But I do have some Graduation cards to make….
Would you like to try Green Kids Craft? one Mommy Has to Work reader will win a three pack craft adjusted to your child’s age.
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I received the above crafts to facilitate this review. Opinions are my own.
Recycling can be a hassle sometimes. Never knowing where to put the bottles and cans and boxes until you take them out to the curb. For us, we went out and bought a large garbage can just to use for recycling. But for someone like my mom, she has limited space and has a hard time finding a place to keep her recyclables.
Rubbermaid has come up with a great new product, the Hidden Recycler! The Rubbermaid Hidden Recycler is a 5 gallon bag that can easily be attached to any kitchen cabinet with hooks that go over the door or with small screws. Thus hidden from view.
I received one for review and was quite impressed! The bag is nice and thick and is leak proof and can also be machine washed if needed. Best of all the bag and all materials are made from recyclable materials and can be recycled. The bag is big enough to hold a gallon milk jug!
I tried placing it on my cabinets but the door is a little too thick for the included hooks. I was hesitant about screwing it in my new cabinets, so I asked my mom if she would like to try it.
She has so much stuff inside her cabinets, we tried it on the outside. I thought this way she would see it and actually use it! And it fits! ( I had a picture, but for the life of, can not find it!)
See reviews and more info on thier website, Facebook and Twitter!
Would you like to try it? You can purchase this on line at Rubbermaid.com or one Mommy has to Work reader will win their own Rubbermaid Hidden Recycler!! See details below.
I recieved the above product in order to facilitate this review. Opinions are my own.
